Kishef—the Yiddish word for magic—honours the creative spark that animated Jewish composers during World War II and the years leading up to it. The programme includes new arrangements of songs from Czech and Lithuanian ghettos, as well as a Bourgie Hall commission from pianist Nate Ben-Horin.
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In collaboration with the Montreal Holocaust Museum.
ARTISTS
Likht Ensemble
Jaclyn Grossman, soprano
Nate Ben-Horin, piano
PROGRAMME
I.WEBER
Ich wandre durch Theresienstadt [I Wander Through Theresienstadt] (arr. Winfried RADEKE)
Ukolébavka [Lullaby]
Und der Regen Rinnt [And the Rain Runs Down] (arr. Nate BEN-HORIN)
WARSHAWSKY Oyfn Pripetchik [On the Hearth] (arr. BEN-HORIN)
GEIST Three Lithuanian Songs
ANONYMOUS Zingt un Tanst in Ridelekh [Sing and Dance in Circles] (arr. BEN-HORIN)
HAID Ein Traum [A Dream] (arr. BEN-HORIN)
KACZERGINSKI/BRUDNO Friling [Spring] (arr. BEN-HORIN)
WEILL Youkali
Nate BEN-HORIN Kishef Songs (Bourgie Hall commission)
ULLMANN Six sonnets de Louise Labé, Op. 34